Court hears teen ‘fed’ drugs and alcohol from age of 10
Teenager to be sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted robbery
Teenager to be sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted robbery
Legal Aid Board is seeking reimbursement for representing child’s parents
Infant girl born to mother addicted to drugs was taken into care at birth
As long as potential for charges is realistic, restriction will continue, says judge
Child had been left in the care of ‘highly intoxicated’ man for 24 hours by his mother
Vulnerable teenager lost his home through fire allegedly set by resident in care facility
High Court judge concludes that there is no discernible risk to father’s criminal trial
Boy absent from foster home since January believed to be in United Kingdom with siblings
Only one out of 20 criminal charges against boy had ‘not occurred in the care system’
Tusla to consider relaxing rule on cutting foster payment for boy in care after 18
Infant in state care since last year but father tells court ‘I know where he lives’
Judge says ‘distressing’ and ‘inappropriate’ to subject young teenager to internal exam
Judge says that teenage girl in residential care unit entitled to ‘a degree of privacy’
Concerns raised about whether Irish court has jurisdiction in childcare case
Child could not be ‘left indefinitely not knowing where she is going’ says judge
Boy ‘discharged’ from unit after threatening and frightening elderly neighbour
Judge says psychologist’s report ‘so inexact’ it was impossible to rely on it
Boy has been in care for almost two years
Children should be entitled to same ‘checks and balances’ as adult involuntary patients
Court hears young boy would go with any adult
Judge says it is in interests of child to be ‘full member’ of foster family
Dublin District Family Court hears services offered to her had made a “huge difference to her child and family’s life”
‘Surely when a child with these needs is in the care of the State something should happen quicker,’ guardian tells court
Mother tells court she ‘panicked and fled’
Application for secure unit for boy rejected by Child and Family Agency committee
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